Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2023-04-01

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 1
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
641 head
130 vs last sale 511 2 vs year ago 639 · +0.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattles (Steers 272, Heifers 249, Bulls 120)

Value Added cattle are Weaned & Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $212.96/cwt on 272 head.
Average price
$212.96
272 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,377
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$358
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.48
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2471225.341,06138
Medium and Large 1-2655220.351,44254
Medium and Large 1681208.141,418180
One grade step is worth $17.20/cwt here — about −$358 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale272 hd
212.96
VA average7 barns · 1,024 hd
217.45
−4.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

70 lots · USDA AMS · Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added832143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1902
SteersMedium and Large 1437243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,06216
SteersMedium and Large 2373233.64/cwt228.00–237.008718
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added655176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1533
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added554184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,01913
SteersMedium and Large 2760175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3302
SteersMedium and Large 2333225.09/cwt212.50–237.507502
SteersMedium and Large 1687223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5321
SteersMedium and Large 2710186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added685217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,48631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added574234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,34320
SteersMedium and Large 1315230.00/cwt230.00–230.007251
SteersMedium and Large 1491227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,11728
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added603207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2483
SteersMedium and Large 1577219.98/cwt180.00–226.001,26915
SteersMedium and Large 2474233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1045
SteersMedium and Large 2568229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3013
SteersMedium and Large 1802165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3232
SteersMedium and Large 1860180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5481
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added746197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,47012
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added474231.37/cwt228.00–235.001,09712
SteersMedium and Large 2635214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3591
SteersMedium and Large 1382242.50/cwt242.50–242.509266
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added1,034146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,5109
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added509238.49/cwt209.00–243.001,2148
SteersMedium and Large 1507244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,2378
SteersMedium and Large 1640215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3765
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added372207.50/cwt207.50–207.507722
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added686217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,48915
BullsMedium and Large 1469219.96/cwt201.00–222.501,03216
BullsMedium and Large 1433232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,00514
BullsMedium and Large 1324225.67/cwt224.00–226.0073112
BullsMedium and Large 1383237.00/cwt237.00–237.009085
BullsMedium and Large 1670180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2063
BullsMedium and Large 1645185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1931
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added452210.00/cwt210.00–210.009495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added735178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,30814
BullsMedium and Large 2437233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,0185
BullsMedium and Large 2577191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,10218
BullsMedium and Large 2781159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,2429
BullsMedium and Large 1556205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,14019
HeifersMedium and Large 2805139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1191
HeifersMedium and Large 2333208.05/cwt202.00–210.006934
BullsMedium and Large 2332231.00/cwt231.00–231.007675
BullsMedium and Large 2653164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0714
HeifersMedium and Large 2658179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1789
HeifersMedium and Large 2418199.26/cwt189.00–201.0083314
HeifersMedium and Large 1559191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,06811
HeifersMedium and Large 1661170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1244
BullsMedium and Large 2382244.00/cwt244.00–244.009322
BullsMedium and Large 2499219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0937
HeifersMedium and Large 2383205.00/cwt205.00–205.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 2570184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0497
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added554180.00/cwt180.00–180.009979
HeifersMedium and Large 1486203.33/cwt186.00–204.5098830
HeifersMedium and Large 3448211.00/cwt211.00–211.009455
HeifersMedium and Large 2494196.00/cwt196.00–196.0096811
HeifersMedium and Large 1740172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2736
HeifersMedium and Large 1372203.00/cwt203.00–203.0075513
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added602177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0666
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added656180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1815
HeifersMedium and Large 1530179.00/cwt179.00–179.009491
HeifersMedium and Large 1429197.36/cwt178.00–199.0084734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added610180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0986
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added432208.00/cwt208.00–208.008995
SteersMedium and Large 2432225.00/cwt225.00–225.009722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added876164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4373
HeifersMedium and Large 1333204.87/cwt192.50–207.0068214
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added778167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2999
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added916180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,64950

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.